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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-06-18
Destroyed by EARTHQUAKES.

81. PKrERsBuRa, June l0.-Severe shocks
Of earthquake occurred at Vernome Turk
eetan. The town vas almost totally de-
stroyed. One hundred and twenty persons
were killed and one hundred and twenty 1--WE
injured. Among the latter il General
chinsk. The shocks still continue to be felt
at intervals. The inhabitants Of tho town
are panic stricken, and have fed for safety
70 the open country.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-06-18
Murderod by TrampsI

EATON, O., June 13-Mrf. w. Z. Beall,
living four miles south Of here,
was found murdered in her house
to-day. Her 12-year- d son, Who was alone
in the house, says that tramps did It, but
the neighbofs doubt this story.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-06-18

DUnm, June 13.-There va . series Of
xioting in Athlone to-day betWeen soldiers
jured with stonas.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-06-18

One section of the French party of the
Left has adopted the proposition for the
election of the senate BY universal suffrage.
The eviction of twelve tenants on Glare
island was attended BY the usual distressing
scenes.
The rumor of PIN De HohenIohe' renqna-
ton a. governor general Of Alsace- Lorraine
h eemi- officially denied.
The French government announces that
it can not assent to the Anglo Turkish con-
ention except a. basis for negotiations.
Samuel A. Barnum, retired business
man of Danbury, Connecticut, bad des-
of which he was stabbed five times. Finally,
with the assistance Of his con, he overpower-
ed the desperate, who was turned over TO
the police. Mr.. Barnum's injuries arc not
believed to the fatal.
A terrible storm recently passed ever parts
u South Carolina. Several days sfterward
its path, was covered with dead fish, and its
va'ers, which had before been ''clear, soft,
and pleasant to the TASTE" had changed 10
an inky hue and become Gas bitter as
Quinine." Thus q Columbia, South
Caroline, special TO New York paper.
D7. @. r. Bacon, Who committed suicide
Ct Minneapolis, was impelled to the 40. BY
the refusal of his wife to take his medicines,
she having placed herself under tho treat
ment Of "Christian scientist"
Complaints nave been fled With the inter
tate commerce commission against the B..
Paul railroed Of discriminating agajDss
small Touring mtlls In Minnesota
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-27
FUN FOR FISHERMEN.

A proposed New Hampshire law for
bids one to have more than ten pounds
of brook trout in his possession at a
time. This will save city spOrtsmen a
lot of money in the course of a season.
Lowell Citizen.
A fsherman'S lot is not a happy one.
If he comes home with one small min
now he is an object of ScOrn. and if he
has full string his friends ask him
how much he paid per pound at the
market.-Phiiadelp Call.
\ volume entitled 'WashingtOn as
an Angler" has been issued by Chi
CagO publisher. Owing to the fact that
Washington could not tell lie, the ac-
counts of what lie caught are strangely
uninteresting.-Phi iladelphia Press.
A fish story from Minnesota announces
that One-pound bass are not considered
worth CARRYING home by the IZaak Wal
tons of that state. Well, most fisher
men that we known of never do carry
home any One-pOund fish.-BOston Post.
Farmer guess there's been some
body fishing i'll our trout stream behind
the barn. Farmers Wife-How do you
know? Have you found line and
hooks? Farmer-NO. L found whisky
tiask.-BOstOn Courier.
The average man who takes lay-Off
and goes a-fishing usually experiences
more exquisite enjoyment in digging
bait before he starts out than he does
in bringing home the fish at the cOnclu-
sion of the days sport. Sun
day Journal.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-27

used that it would be impossible TO mem
ton all the ways in which it is en-
plOyed. 1t is sometimes put on i'll
''glOye fingers" straight round the bot
tom of the skirt, on the edge of the over
skirt and in flaps, sometimes arranged
in Greek borders, and in count
less other ways which the inyen-
tion of the modistes have devised. If
morning dresses are comparatively plain
and simple. with but little drapery,
sometimes. indeed, only raised tritie
with a cord girdle, similarly to the fash
ion that marks the mOney-age costume,
evening toilets, on the other hand. are
extremely bOutfant and very cOmpli-
Gated. Many of them. according to Nine.
Raymond. are copied from old toilets
and portraits of the time of Marie An
toinette in the collection of the museum
at NerSailleS-the skirt round and dis
tended by hoops, short OverSkirt with
panierS on the hips and bOuffant back,
and very long, pointed cOrSage; the cor
sage is lOw-necked, and trimmed around
the top with drapery arranged in even
feStOOns caught up with jeweled clasps,
sprays of flowers or knots of ribbon.
When the corsage ; of an even
ing toilet is not actually decollete,
il is always more or less
open on a guimpe that may be
plain and plated. Some of these are
being made of net figured in gold, for
gold is used everywhere another Rus
sian feature. In spite of all attempts to
return to collars and cuffs. which were
formerly such an important feature in a
lady's wardrobe. they are still replaced
by folds of silks and for wOOlens of
cloths. This, be it remembered, is in
Paris. Here. notwithstanding the in
PRODUCTION of various devices of the
kind. collars and cuffs remain steadily
to the fore, as the best to fall back upon
in case of emergency, and there are
many ladies who will not put them
aside, especially as the proper lingerie
TO wear with cloth dresses. no matter
what other novelties may be offered.
Some time narrow gauZe or silk rib
bon of a light color is folded length
wise. so that no edge projects beyond
the other and is fastened in the neck
of dress. with the two edges showing
outside; a small bow is added at the side
or back, and the waists of the sleeves
are trimmed to match.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-27
Street Skirts and Supporters.

For the street and to keep in place
the full dress skirt and tOurnure. highly
starched white skirts or ones of quilted
black or crimson satin are used. The
latter are made with reeds, and are eX-
tremely warm and pretty. Two deep
flounceS of lace fall over narrow ruch-
ing at the bottom.
The new skirt supporter has already
found favor, especially among stout
people and those with large waists. 1t
is simply strong piece of jean made to
fit the waist and over the hips, and is
supplied with numerous patent fasten-
ers about the lower edge. TO these are
fastened all the skirts, and as it is worn
directly over the corset the appearance
of the waist becomes decidedly smaller,
while the hips are enlarged. Some of
the supports are provided with shoulder
straps, and are highly recommended for
women with weak backs.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-27
MANIA FOR GOLDEN TREssES.
The Present Craze Among Rru-
nettes---HOw They Change the
Color of Their III air.

The Present Craze Among Rru-
nettes---HOw They Change the
Color of Their Hair.
Great excitement is caused among
boulevard idlerS every day by the ap-
pearance in the streets of beyy of
Youthful damselS with flowing locks,
who are all thickly yelled and dressed
after the same style, says Paris paper.
Behind them walk procession of half
starved Standard-bearerS, whose eS-
cutcheOnS are inscribed with records OF
the potent virtues of certain hair re-
StOrer. The femme reclame has long
been used by Paris tradeSmen for the
purpose of disseminating information
concerning the wares which they have
to offer.
According to all accounts, however,
PariSiennes are more intent at the pres
ent moment on the cOlOring. rather than
on the restoration of the hair. There
u. it appears, mania for golden treSS-
eS. and many mOndaineS now use henna
from Egypt or AIgiers for the purpose
of imparting the desired hue to their
heads. The henna is obtained in the
form of green powder which. when
stepped in fukeWarm water, forms a
kind of sOrrel soup. The brunette who
wants to turn her tresses into the re-
quired gold, or rather copper-cOlOr,
which is becoming fashionable, plasters
her head with the green detection.
wraps a towel around it when retiring
to rest. and arises i'll the morning with
what is termed a casque dor. After
all. the artificially cOlOred treSses are
better than the clOse-cropped and boy
is also affected even by some PariSien-
neS who Ought to know better.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-27
FIat-Chested Women.

1t is growing. so says woman who
has a private ladies' gymnasium. the
fashion is to be fl flat-chested. This
woman says that the great Difficulty she
finds in her profession is that most of
the young women who are sent to her
by doctors for course i'll gymnastics
to cure some disorder, utterly refuse to
take OFF their stays, and she will not let
them practice in them. So matters are
pretty much at a stand-still. Women
come to me-" she says. ''who have not
drawn an unfettered breath for years
Perfectly sound girls of twenty are very
rare she continued. land they are not,
as a rule, developed sufficiently. Flat
cheSted women are so much in the ma
jority that it has become fashion,
able to be SO, and young girls
who are just growing up lace them
selves in with corsetS and flatten them
selves down with tight bodiees until it
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-27
CAN'T HEAD HIM OFF.
Worth, the Man Milliner, Still
Reigns Supreme as the Monarch
of Fashion.

of Fashion.
In spite of the rise of many dress
makers in Paris who have a certain
hold on the fashionable world for a
space. and who threaten the supremacy
of the chief cornerstone of fashion, NJ.
Worth remains, as he has for nearly
twenty-five years, at the very head.
PariSianS are never tired of telling
stories of his wealth, his luxury and his
capriceS. As to his whimS, he could
give prima donna points. Not long
ago a customer went to him whom he
kept on her feet for two hours walking
up and down and posing before him,
while he draped all manner of fabrics
about her shoulders. pinned and un-
pinned, experimental with numerous
combinations, and finally flung every
thing down, declared he was not in the
mood for composition, and, telling her
to wait" went out and banged the
door. After some three-quarterS of an
hour he returned. Whether he had been
asleep or had had luncheon she
never knew. but he came back fresh
and buoyant and declared he had an
idea at last. Then he took lace and bro
cade and velvet, experimental bit.
made her walk up and down while his
assistant played the Invitation to the
Waltz on the piano, aud finally dashed
at her. whirled everything about into a
different position and said: Madame,
| have discovered you at last. You are
the Invitation to the Waltz" She
went home exhausted and raging. but
she admits the gown was, when it came
home, "a dream"
If he does not know anything about a
woman he generally refuses to dress her
at all. He prefers only to make for dis
tinguiShed people, but even with these
he is perfectly arbitrary. One will say,
Il want une robe princesSe with bout
fants Louis XV.' He replies, dryly, Il
receive instructions from no one. l
dress madame. | shall make a Louis
! XIII. skirt, with Medici bodice and col
lar" and she takes that or doesn't get
anything. If she suggests red, he Is
sure to make it blue; if she says ''velvet
is most becoming to me-" he replies, Il
shall make you a superb cOrSage of
satin" An actress went to him the
other day and asked for pearl-gray
costume. For what do you take me?''
he cried. "Gris perle is no longer worn
l shall not make it of gray" When she
insisted he simply showed her the door.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-27
anDresses for Rosebuds.

There never has been a season when
party and ball dresses for young girls
were more beautiful and appropriate
and so easy of home manufacture. The
gauZeS and nets, tulleS and embroidered
mulls are all worn, and are made over
silk or sileSia slips and trimmed with
ribbons. The puffed sleeves, full waists,
plain skirts now so much i'll vogue are
not difficult to fit. and admit of amateur
dressmaking. One of the prettiest
models has skirt of white surah silk
two and half yards wide and just es-
Gaping the floor. This is covered with
white gauze specked with tiny silk dots
and edged above the three-inch
hem with an inch and a half
wide mOire ribbon, another bsing placed
four inches above. The waist is made
with full sleeves caught at the elbow
and shoulder with bow of ribbon, and
the neck is rounded out displaying just
the throat. 1t is then gathered full to
the feet of the skirt, and wide sash of
mOire ribbon passing about the waist
and flowing in loops to the edge of the
skirt in the back completes this charm
ingly simple gown.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-27
Small Women in Style.

A recent work OH physical beauty as
serts that the tendency in women of the
present day is toward smallness of stat
ure. writes Clara Lama from New York
Big women, i'll fact, are going out of
fashion. This being the ease, by all
means let us have materials that present
designs suitably adapted TO the human
figure as it actually exists, and not as it
may appear in the Imagination of manu-
facturers. PlaidS of any description
make woman look shorter than she
actually is. i'll the same manner that
stripes, when they are narrow and
elongated, produce an appearance of
slenderness. n skirt made in imitation
of a colossal cheSsbOard of variegated
hues cannot be either pretty or graceful.
A very tall wOman,Or one slightly above
medium height, can wear plaid of mod
erately large checks, but if she be short
OF dumpy, or even tall and fat, let her
eschew such patterns as the abOmiha-
ton of deSOlatiOn. Nevertheless, soon
our streets will doubtless be filled with
perambulating checkerbOards and
striped awnings: for, of course, fash
ions are invented to be worn, and, con-
sequently. women will adopt them
whether they are suitable or not.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-27
FOR SMALL POCKETBOOKs.
How to Cook Oyster PIants---
Fried Canned Tomatoes ---Rice
Soup.

How to Cook Oyster Plants---
Fried Canned Tomatoes ---Rice
Soup.
OvSter-plantS are now in market, and
when fresh and nicely cooked make
palatable and nourishing dish. Select
slender, tender roots in preference to
large ones. An hour before the meal
for which they are to be used scrape
them lightly and put into kettle of
boiling water, boil until they can be
pierced by a straw; remove from the
fire. cut off the ends and chop into small
pieces. For two cups of the chopped
plants take pint of milk and cup of
water: let them boil. then thicken with
one teaSpOOnful of cOrn-Starch or two
of flour, first mixed with cold water;
add lump of butter, salt to taste, then
put in the oySter-plantS and cook ten
minutes; turn into a hot dish, cover
and serve.
Canned tomatoes are liked by many
when fried. Put a good lump of butter
into the frying pan. and when 1t browns
place IN the tomatoes from the can, first
sprinkling them well with cracker
crumbs: brown well on both sides and
then place on hot fiat dish; pour the
tomato juice into the pan, then thicken
with few bits of toast bread, and pour
about. not over, he-tomatOes.
Rice soup is made as follows: To two
quarts of boiling water add one cup of
rice. a small carrot and one white tur-
nip thinly sliced; boil one hour, season
with salt and a lump of butter and
serve. A small piece of any kind of
lean meat may be added if desired.
White turnipS are nice as follows:
Pare small ones and boil until almost
tender, remove them whole to baking
pan. sprinkle with salt and little but
ter. and bake in the oven for half an
hour.
Sweet-pOtatO pudding is an inexpensive
dish. Take half dozen boiled potatoes
and mash through sieve. To each
pint of potatoes add half pint of milk,
Two eggs well beaten and little nut
meg. Stir well together and bake for
half an hour. Eat hot or cold.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-27

the bottom three: then fold the cloth
into f0urthS: at the top crease cut out
two half circles. each two inches in di
ameter for the arm pits: them these
atOIt nea 'ly. Instead of gathering with
a needle at the waist and top, draw one
of the cross threads of the bar for each
gather. taking care not to break 1T. This
will make a perfect gathering. Keep the
gathers in place by band of insertion
OF of the muslin, placed top and bottom.
the upper one half inch wide, the belt
an inch. and faSten at the back with
broad pieces of the hemmed muslin. also
over the shoulders, the muslin tying in
bows. These aprons will be found most
Serviceable and will hide an old dress
or save new one.
Warm and inexpensive flannel petit
coats are made out of the thick gray
flannel sold for making mems working
shirts. The edge can be prettily pinked
or embroidered or hemmed with feath-
er-Stitch in crimson and blue. The color
does not show SOilure and will not fade
when washed.
Cute little house Jackets for small folks
may be made out of yard of the soft,
warm Jersey flannelS, which can he pur-
chased for 40 or ~ cents. The edge IS
either cut into little ScallOpS with pair
of sharp scissors OF bound with silk
braid These jackets keep clean for
quite time and are necessary in house
where the rooms are uneyenly heated.
They will Outlast two crochet ones.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-27

Rich grass, and the blossomed clover;
While the wind in the trees, and the hum Of
the bees
Sang a lullaby over and over.
Said little Bo-Peep, 81 will only sleep
The tiniest little minute
But wee little head, ON a clover bed,
Has lots of queer notions init.
For little Bo-Peep went fast asleep,
And that is the truth of the matter;
And she slept away the livelong day,
Till the dog came barking at her.
Then little Bo-Peep commenced to weep
For her sheep-but she couldn't find EN-.
''Oh, leave em alone and they'll come home,
Said the wind, with their tails behind
them"
So little Bo-Peep saw her lambkins leap
Again over the waving heather;
And they stood by the door of the fold once
more,
Ali huddled up close together.
BalaS. Bo-Peep, from your pretty sheep,
That wink or two could sever,
She had let em alone and they had come
home,
But they had no tails whatever.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-27
How Women Rest.

New England Farmer.
How differently men and women i'll
dulge themselves in what Is called a
resting spell. Il guess Ill sit down
and mend these stockings and rest a
WHILE" says the wife, but the husband
throws himself upon the easy lounge or
sits back in his arm chair, with hands at
rest and feet placed horizontally upon
another chair. The result is that his
whole body gains benefit of the half
hour he allows himself from work, and
the wife only receives that indirect help
which comes from change of Occupa-
ton. A physician would tell her that
taking even ten minutes rest in hOri-
ZOntal position, as change from stand
ing or sitting at work, would prove more
beneficial to her than any of her make
shifts at resting. Busy women have a
habit of keeping on their feet just as
long as they can, in spite of backaches
and warning pains. As they grow older
they see the folly of permitting such
drafts upon their strength, and learn to
take things easier, let what will happen.
They say: Il used TO think must do
thus and so, but I've grown wiser and
learned to slight things" The first
years of housekeeping are truly the
hardest, for untried and unfamiliar cares
are almost daily thrust upon the mother
and hOme-maker.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-27
RUSSIA SETS THE STYLE.
National Dress the Keynote to
Fashion in the French Capital.


If one may trust the whispers that
come floating over from Paris regarding
the winter fashions in that city, the
Russian national dress is to give the
keynote to the styles. Everything is
Russian just now. MuscOvite dresses,
Byzantine galloons, gold stuffs, Russian
c0lorS-theSe are the sources from which
the modes are drawn. 1t certainly is a
change from what has gone before, and
there is something piquant about it from
It's very novelty. The MuScOvite COS
tune is composed OF long cOrSage,
made quite plain, and a pleated skirt.
These dresses are used a great deal for
morning street wear, and they attract
much attention from their extreme
serenity. They are step beyond
the tailor dress in simplicity.
The Byzantine gallOOns are trimming
all sorts of fabrics, for jackets, small
NANTES and the numerous sleeved
capeS which are shown in all styles and
sizes above the waist line, just reaching
il. or falling below it, and either with or
without a hood at will; all of these
small garments. which are so cOnven-
lent to wear. have sleeves rounded be
low and forming part of the fronts of
the cape. This taste for the Russian
has also called into existence an amerle
hat. which bears some resemblance to
the national head-dreSs of the Russian
women. GallOOn or braid Is so widely
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-27

Some of our beauties have artistic
ways of arranging the hair. One of
them brings her dark hair in soft
French roll to the crown of the head,
where it is fastened with bone pin. 1t
is then separated into three equal parts ::
the center one forms double twist like
the figure eight OH the top OF the head,
and the other two pieces make full putfS
between, being held by tOrtoiSe-shell
pins. The bang is curled and slightly
longer in the center than at either
temple.
Another pretty mode of arranging the
hair, especially when there is little of
it. is as follows: Comb the hair straight
back, and tie tightly with a cord the
color Of the hair about three inches
above the nape of the neck. Care must
be taken not TO draw the hair up from
the neck or behind the ears, but to leave
it loose and soft; divide the hair i'll two
and coil each piece over the finger into
roll, tucking in neatly with one or two
hair-pinS, so that they together form a
round, soft. yet compact ball. Little
curlS should be added to the nape of the
neck and the temples left bare or hidden
by soft ringlets.
Those who have a prOfuSi0n of hair
and are still youthful may arrange it in
the Princess de RothSchild fashion.
This is to coil the hair in a French
twist almost to the crown of the head,
then braid and arrange in cOrOnet
over the thickly curled bang.
Hair of unusual color and beauty is
now arranged in a full loose coil to show
to perfection. For the street it is gath
cred in a knot at the nape of the neck
and twisted into loose coil, held by
N
is brought to the top of the head and
loosely twisted into cOronet.
Ladies past their youth wear their
hair in a full plat, twisted into OblOng
shape at the back of the head, the front
being waved OH each side of a part, or
cOmbed back pOlnpaduOr and twisted
into low coil.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-27

is absolutely impossible they shall OBJ
tain their normal development. The re-
suit is not pretty, but they think it is,
and that amounts to the same thing:
They are so afraid of broadening and
developing the chest that, though they
will walk as much as you please, they
perSistently decline all exercise of the
upper part of the body"
Thackeray said of the New York girl
in 1850, and the description will serve
well enough to-day: The women here
in New York, almost without exception,
are as lean as greyhounds, and dressed
magniiicently in the fashions of the
better class of Partisan actresses" All
the late dresses from Paris show de-
termination TO make the waist appear as
long as possible; the dress has no dariS
in the bodice, but is shirred at the throat
and drawn down in long lines, to be held
in by ribbon or velvet belt, pointed in
front. which makes the waist look as if
it extended half way down to the knees.